Program expands training for memory loss and Alzheimer's care workers
H.R. 3747 — Accelerating Access to Dementia and Alzheimer’s Provider Training Act · Filed by Troy Balderson (R-OH) · 97 cosponsors · Introduced Jun 5, 2025 · Passed chamber
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What it does
This bill keeps and grows Project ECHO. It trains doctors and nurses in areas short on healthcare workers. The bill adds memory loss training. It extends money through 2031. Both public and nonprofit groups can get grants.
Who it affects
Healthcare workers in areas short on doctors will get more training. Nonprofit health groups and medical centers can apply for grants. Patients in rural areas may get better care.
One thing to notice
The bill extends money for memory loss training through 2031.
From the analysis of the bill text, linked under Primary records below.
Where it stands
97 cosponsors: 74 Democrats, 23 Republicans.
- Jun 5, 2025 — Introduced · Congress.gov: “Introduced in House”
- Jun 5, 2025 — Referred to House Committee on Energy and Commerce and Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions · Congress.gov: “Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce”
- May 13, 2026 — Markup held in committee · Congress.gov: “Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held”
- May 21, 2026 — Reported out of committee · Congress.gov: “Ordered to be Reported by the Yeas and Nays: 48 - 0”
- Jul 20, 2026 — Passed the House · Congress.gov: “On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H4644)”
- Jul 20, 2026 — Floor vote scheduled · Congress.gov: “Mr. Guthrie moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended”
Dates and quoted wording are Congress.gov's action record; the timeline shows status changes, not every procedural step.
Money around this bill
4 groups reported lobbying about this bill. They filed 5 reports from Jun 2025 to Jun 2026.
Those reports show $5,450,000 in lobbying spending. Each report lists about 17 bills. So that money was not all for this bill.
More groups named this bill than 72% of bills with any report.
Troy Balderson, who sponsored the bill, received $1,216,382 from PACs for the 2026 election.
- Alzheimer's Association — $3,590,000 in 2 reports
- Biogen — $1,060,000 in 1 report
- Eisai Inc. — $790,000 in 1 report
- General Federation of Women's Clubs — $10,000 in 1 report
Lobbying is legal. These reports show who lobbied about this bill, not what changed.
Words to know
- Project ECHO — A program that trains healthcare workers in areas short on doctors
- memory loss — A disease that affects how people think and remember as they age
- nonprofit groups — Organizations that do not make money for owners or shareholders
- lobbying — Trying to influence lawmakers about a bill. Companies and groups pay people to do this.
- PACs — Groups that collect money and give it to candidates for office.
- sponsored — To sponsor a bill is to introduce it in Congress and put your name on it.
How this was measured
Analysis — Quorum's AI read the bill text published by Congress.gov (709 characters) on Jul 10, 2026. Section numbers in the findings refer to that text, linked below; transparency and hidden-provision scores are compared against the median of 16,928 analysed bills.
Status and sponsors — Congress.gov's bill record — actions, committee referrals and cosponsors — loaded nightly. The timeline shows status changes, not every procedural action.
Money — Senate Lobbying Disclosure Act filings whose specific-issue field names this bill for quarters ending Jun 2025 to Jun 2026. A filing's amount is reported whole beside the median number of bills a filing names; it is never divided across them. PAC receipts are FEC-reported contributions to the sponsor's candidate committee in the 2026 cycle.
As of — lobbying records through Jul 20, 2026 · page rendered 2026-11-03.
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